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RBSC is sometimes an interesting public forum, and in more ways than one! During the past several days as I sat and read the various comments, so much about individual posters became obvious (lol).
One day, after this present sordid phase of our history is over (and when looking back and freely laughing at our actions might be more appropriate), I’ll comment on some of the irony and contradictions that presented themselves here as we eagerly jostled to make our earthshaking comments. And the ironies, in particular, were sometimes so instructive and so obvious that they jumped off the RBSC pages (lol)!
Think I’m joking? Well, let me comment briefly on one such irony here (and like I said, there were several).
Just a few weeks before this imbroglio started making headlines in the Americas and elsewhere, a few posters on this message board were lambasting the various Jamaican governments for failing to act in our economic interest by not supporting the large-scale exporting of marijuana to the developed world. These Jamaican governments, notwithstanding the fact that they were signatory to bilateral and multilateral agreements on drugs, were heavily criticized here as being without vision and supposedly dancing to the whims and dictates of the developed world (my words).
Suddenly, a few days ago, these selfsame critics of the PNP and JLP governments’ failure to act with alacrity and decisiveness on the marijuana export issue turned around and, in spectacular fashion, began criticizing the present prime minister for causing Jamaica to be seen as a “narco state” (I believe that was the popular term that was bandied about here)!!
The paradox here, of course, is obvious and leads me to wonder if some of us actually think before we submit our posts?
End Note: Please don’t take this as harsh criticism, because I enjoyed such contradictions; they made me laugh loudly at a time when there was otherwise little to laugh about.
One day, after this present sordid phase of our history is over (and when looking back and freely laughing at our actions might be more appropriate), I’ll comment on some of the irony and contradictions that presented themselves here as we eagerly jostled to make our earthshaking comments. And the ironies, in particular, were sometimes so instructive and so obvious that they jumped off the RBSC pages (lol)!
Think I’m joking? Well, let me comment briefly on one such irony here (and like I said, there were several).
Just a few weeks before this imbroglio started making headlines in the Americas and elsewhere, a few posters on this message board were lambasting the various Jamaican governments for failing to act in our economic interest by not supporting the large-scale exporting of marijuana to the developed world. These Jamaican governments, notwithstanding the fact that they were signatory to bilateral and multilateral agreements on drugs, were heavily criticized here as being without vision and supposedly dancing to the whims and dictates of the developed world (my words).
Suddenly, a few days ago, these selfsame critics of the PNP and JLP governments’ failure to act with alacrity and decisiveness on the marijuana export issue turned around and, in spectacular fashion, began criticizing the present prime minister for causing Jamaica to be seen as a “narco state” (I believe that was the popular term that was bandied about here)!!The paradox here, of course, is obvious and leads me to wonder if some of us actually think before we submit our posts?
End Note: Please don’t take this as harsh criticism, because I enjoyed such contradictions; they made me laugh loudly at a time when there was otherwise little to laugh about.
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